Number of flu patients in hospital beds is more than 50% higher than this time last year

The number of people in hospital with the flu is more than 50-per cent higher than this time last year. Nurses have warned patients are being "set up to suffer" this winter, facing 12-hour waits in A&E. One of the areas Labour points to as a success is the NHS, however, this report from Sky's Health correspondent Ashish Joshi provides a worrying insight into the strain it's under. #NHS #flu #health #skynews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/ To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales